frontlet

English

Etymology

From Old French frontelet, diminutive of frontel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌntlət/

Noun

frontlet (plural frontlets)

1. (obsolete) The forehead.
2. The forehead of an animal, especially of a deer or stag (including the antlers).
3. An ornament worn on the forehead.
4. A bandage or medical preparation worn around the head.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 1, subsection vi:

     Frontlets are known to every goodwife: rose-water and vinegar, with a little woman's milk, and nutmegs grated upon a rose-cake applied to both temples.

Derived terms

• starfrontlet

Translations

ornament

Chinese: Mandarin: 鍚 / 钖 (zh) (yáng) Greek: Ancient: ἄμπυξ m (ámpux) Latin: frontalia n pl Ottoman Turkish: آلنلق (alınlık)